Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

215 reviews

weelasswithabook's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

CW: alcoholism, DV, suicide, mentiom of child loss, mention of car accident, CSA, mention of PPH, cheating, abortion, PPD, depression, anxiety, child removal by other parent, familial abuse, financial abuse, body shaming, diet control, mental health crisis, forced institutionalisation, gaslighting, manipulation, miscarriage 

🌟 Memoir 

God this was a difficult read. Right from the get-go it's just a heartbreaking perspective on Britney's life. Right from the beginning of her life she was exposed to suicide, death, and abuse. Just the content warning list above should give you an idea of just how sad this poor woman's life has been. 

Britney Spears was a staple of the majority of us elder Millennials childhoods and there's a sense of guilt there (at least how I feel) that we all just took her persona at face value and assumed her life was glitter and dreams. Obviously we weren't to know what was going on behind the curtain, but I don't think I'll ever hear certain songs of hers the same after reading this, now I see where some of the lyrics may have stemmed from. 

From a technical aspect, I've seen reviews complaining about the actual writing of the book, and I do agree it felt very juvenile, HOWEVER, this woman was basically trapped as a late teen for the majority of her life and had her voice stifled. It's only very recently that she's had her own life back and I don't think we should be too hard on her for the technicality of her writing. I think it's pretty unfair. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Abortion, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

dkamada's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage

frogswimmer25's review against another edition

fast-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

ekclar's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Misogyny

Minor: Miscarriage

rach981's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol

fatymamulhearn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Brittany has done it again! Never did I ever think I’d be reading a book written by Brittany Spears but gosh I am so happy I did. Her story is a masterpiece but not one that you can enjoy fully because of all the hardships she has gone through. It’s a masterpiece in a sense of being a survivor of so much trauma the world has thrown at her. Multiple times she has pushed through until she could no longer do so and she had to find her way out. Through the support of her fans she’s held on and it’s such a blessing that we still have her today to love wholeheartedly. Such a great read and I highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy

kaaaara's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

3.25

Britney Spears is not a writer. Which is fine, and I do believe it's such a good thing this book was published. But it was so difficult to read, because of the odd pacing, and really simplified writing style.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse and Miscarriage

breeinreadingland's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death

dorin_d's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

team britney forever and always 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abortion

Moderate: Medical trauma

heather667's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Pedophilia